Hi-Point Firearms

[romeo212000]

Stay away from them. For jusst a bit more money you can buy a Ruger 95 which is 3 tomes the gun. You get what you pay for in this case.

 

[B yond]

Get it. You'll be happy. If for some odd reason you're not happy, sell it. The warranty transfers to the next owner, so they resell well.

BTW, if they were really unreliable junk guns, the company would go out of business making good on their lifetime warranty.

Mine has never jammed, never had any problems, and has been shot A LOT.

It ain't the cadillac of guns, more like a beat-up old jeep; not the flashiest or the one with all the extras, but you can take it anywhere and it will always perform.

 

[KiltedClaymore]

eats anything you throw at it!

 

[tinygnat219]

If your budget is 500 dollars, you can do SO much better than a Hi-Point. Hi-Points are good for what they are: reliable budget guns for those that can't afford better. They aren't ergonomic, they are heavy, they aren't even high capacity, but they do go bang when something goes bump in the night.

500 can get you a new Glock in some areas, a new S&W M&P, a new XD series, a new CZ-75. 500 will buy you a LOT of new gun. You just have to price it out.

500 will also buy you a lot of used guns as well, and get you some serious defensive ammo to go with them with change to take the lady out to dinner.

 

[kcshooter]

I've got a 995 carbine that is outstanding. Eveytime I shoot it at the range, at 35-50 yards, and knock the 10-ring completely out, everyone asks about it. It does have the ATI stock so it looks pretty good now too.

I used to have a c-9, and it was just as good. Not as accurate but out of about 5000 rounds I had about 5 failures, so completely acceptable to defend yourself with. It was big, blocky, had low capacity, and wasn't "cool", but it was a great shooter and for the money there isn't anything that compares to it.

I did end up trading it in after I got a couple other 9mm's and just stopped shooting it. I bought it about 8 years earlier for $125. I sent it back to the factory before I traded it in, they completely rebuilt it, got it back to me in ten days, and I got $100 on trade because it looked brand new. So I lost $25 on a gun with over 5000 rounds thru it. You can't beat that.

I have seen a bunch I have owned 6.
3 jamed every other round throught was burred really bad.
1 broke out right after 2 shots the trigger broke and was limp you could move it back and forth freely.
the mag realeas on one other one would not release the mag any more after 100 rounds.
and the sixth one worked.

Puh-lease. What kind of moron buys 6 guns that did nothing but break and jam? I'm calling total B.S. on this one. Did you really expect anyone to believe this? This is a clear-cut case of bashing for bashing's sake.

"Fool me once, shame on you, fool me six times, and I probably wear a helmet to bed."-I think that was Confucius. I could be wrong.

 

[larry starling]

Spend a little extra money and buy a quality firearm. Highpoints are cheap pistols that aren't designed to last.....Any pistol made out of Pot metal and cheap castings eventuality will fail.

There are plenty of affordable choices out there why would anybody trust one of these POS's???'

 

[bluetopper]

 

[Drgong]

parisite, you owe me a keyboard....

 

[boggyboy72]

The only one I ever saw in action was a Jam-o-matic.Some swear by them some at them.

 

[kcshooter]

Spend a little extra money and buy a quality firearm. Highpoints are cheap pistols that aren't designed to last.....Any pistol made out of Pot metal and cheap castings eventuality will fail.

There are plenty of affordable choices out there why would anybody trust one of these POS's???'

Larry, ever owned one? I didn't think so. So your input is sheer opinion based on nothing. POS? Please. As I said earlier, I had over 5k thru one and it was still going strong. All guns eventually fail. But with my experience, that's pretty good round count for $125 bucks. Plus, after they rebuilt it, it was ready to go for another 5k at least.
Why would anyone trust one? Because they work, and someone on a limited budget who needs to defend themselves can buy a gun in a viable caliber for under $150.
If your budget is $500 bucks, yes, there are better choices. But if your budget is under $200, I don't think you can find anything comparable.

Ever notice the people who trash them never actually owned one themselves, but those who own them seldom have a complaint? Hmmm.

 

[Ohio Rifleman]

My father owned one of the Hi Point 9mm carbines, dead reliable, went bang every time and reasonably accurate. Of course, HP's customer service is unbeatable. Their handguns are huge and heavy, probably not good for CCW. I was going to buy one as a first handgun for a while, but held out for a little longer and bought a Sig P6.

I wouldn't feel undergunned with a Hi Point for HD.

 

[tinygnat219]

KCshooter,

Quote:
I have seen a bunch I have owned 6.
3 jamed every other round throught was burred really bad.
1 broke out right after 2 shots the trigger broke and was limp you could move it back and forth freely.
the mag realeas on one other one would not release the mag any more after 100 rounds.
and the sixth one worked.

Puh-lease. What kind of moron buys 6 guns that did nothing but break and jam? I'm calling total B.S. on this one. Did you really expect anyone to believe this? This is a clear-cut case of bashing for bashing's sake.

Who are you to call someone else's experiences into play? I have experienced this phenomena with 7 Taurus firearms that were all crap. I have since stopped drinking their Kool-Aid.

 

[Eric F]

Quote:
I have seen a bunch I have owned 6.
3 jamed every other round throught was burred really bad.
1 broke out right after 2 shots the trigger broke and was limp you could move it back and forth freely.
the mag realeas on one other one would not release the mag any more after 100 rounds.
and the sixth one worked.

Puh-lease. What kind of moron buys 6 guns that did nothing but break and jam? I'm calling total B.S. on this one. Did you really expect anyone to believe this? This is a clear-cut case of bashing for bashing's sake.

Like I have said before on the other hipoint threads, I paid for 1 gun. The store had a return policy. I used it. I turned in my broken guns and got a new one in return. I still had to do paper work.

The only bashing going on is you bashing me.

 

[kcshooter]

Who are you to call someone else's experiences into play?

Who am I? Someone with enough common sense to give up long before the 7th bad gun.

So the store gave you a new gun each time, rather than sending it back for repair? Can't say I've ever heard of such a thing. I understand they'll send it back for you but giving you a new gun each time? Hmmm.

 

[rondog]

I recently got a H-P 4095 .40S&W carbine, and finally got to shoot it Friday. Dang thing eats the centers out of my targets, and I have to keep putting up new ones!

Never touched the sights, except to put a tiny piece of masking tape on the front post. Dead-on. Black sights, black targets, black background, 52-y.o. novice shooter with trifocals that can't see the sights clearly, shooting off-hand, and I still punched out one big hole in the targets.

No FTF's, no FTE's, no jams, no stovepipes, nothing broke, nothing fell off, fired everytime. $189.99 +tax.

 

[publiuss]

I'm surprised at the number of positive responses. granted I've never owned one, always thought of them as gangsters guns, cheap junk for bustin' a cap in some dude when the dope deal goes bad. my gunsmith gets a box of them from time to time from the local Judge to sell. He usually ends up throwing them in the river as the only people interested in them around here are the obvious gangsters that walk around with their pants hanging halfway off. I may buy a couple for 15 bucks or so next time he gets some. Ought to be fun to throw some lead through if the pot metal slide doesn't break and hit me between the eyes

 

[Cactus Jack Arizona]

Well, I've never owned or even shot any of the Hi-Point handguns, but I do own a 995 carbine. My carbine doesn't eat the center of the target. It simply makes two holes in the center and then sends the remaining ammo through the two previously made holes. I'm very happy with my 995. It is a bit of a pain to field strip for cleaning, but other than that I have no complaints.

 

[larry starling]

kcshooter

Larry, ever owned one? I didn't think so.

Your right I don't personally own one. But my brother does and every time we go to the range he can't get a full magazine to run through it.

So your input is sheer opinion based on nothing. POS? Please. As I said earlier, I had over 5k through one and it was still going strong. All guns eventually fail. But with my experience, that's pretty good round count for $125 bucks. Plus, after they rebuilt it, it was ready to go for another 5k at least.

I have a Colt 1903 that was made in 1927 that has gone thru WWII, Korea with my Grandfather, Vietnam with my dad and thru Desert Storm with me. It has well over 25K rounds through it and it hasn't need to be rebuilt and it still shoots great today. You asked for comments so I supplied one.

Why would anyone trust one? Because they work, and someone on a limited budget who needs to defend themselves can buy a gun in a viable caliber for under $150.

Like I said earlier and others have said more times than not they don't work.

If your budget is $500 bucks, yes, there are better choices. But if your budget is under $200, I don't think you can find anything comparable.

1927 Colt Sistemas and several other used guns from better manufactures can be had for less than $300.....

Ever notice the people who trash them never actually owned one themselves, but those who own them seldom have a complaint? Hmmm.

Thats because most people are embarrassed to admit they own one....

 

[spiroxlii]

I've already said it, but it bears repeating... if your budget is under $200, then Hi-Point is not your only option by any means.

I got my Bersa Thunder 380 (almost universally praised by anybody who has owned one) for under $200. Mine was used, but you can get new and like-new ones for under $250.

I got my HS2000/XD9 for $200 used from a private seller.

 

[evan price]

HiPoint: Cheap, durable, big, heavy, low cap magazines.

Heavy slide, makes it soak up recoil.
You might get a slide bite when you first shoot it.

If your budget is tight, it beats a baseball bat for home defense.
Sure, there are better guns that cost a bit more, but there are worse guns that cost a bit more than that.

The ones I shot were no prom queens but were reliable and accurate enough. You can find used C9's for $75 if you look around. A family member owns one, and has yet to have a problem and he shoots it regularly.

Great for trunk guns, holdouts stashed here and there, and for giving the neighbors when the Zombie Apocalpyse hits.

If you want a regular gun for many purposes & on a budget, I would investigate a Springfield XD, a Sig P6, Ruger "P" series (And I saw a P85 in 98% for $199 recently).

 

[Kayback]

G.A Pster, incidently how many rounds do you run through a gun before you carry it anyway?

Personally my Norinco 1911A1c had at least 10 boxes of FMJ and a couple of boxes of CorBon and then had some gunsmithing done on it and then some more shooting before I carried it.......

KBK

 

[Eric F]

Who am I? Someone with enough common sense to give up long before the 7th bad gun.

So the store gave you a new gun each time, rather than sending it back for repair? Can't say I've ever heard of such a thing. I understand they'll send it back for you but giving you a new gun each time? Hmmm.

Yes but will you give up before your 7th bad post?

Just because you have never heard of it does not mean it does not happen.:banghead:

You call plenty of folks out on all sorts of stuff which you assume to be wrong and I have to say you are quite obsessive with it. If you dont like what you read then read somthing else. Its what most others do.

 

[tinygnat219]

kcshooter,

Who am I? Someone with enough common sense to give up long before the 7th bad gun.

Point of clarification here. This wasn't for the same gun, or same model. But for the same manufacturer. I have owned the following Taurus products:
PT22, PT145, PT745 in the autos and for revolvers: 2 Gauchos, a 905, and a 94. I liked the price points, the styling, and some of the innovation they offered, but they couldn't work reliably. I have sworn off Taurus. If someone has had a similar experience with another manufacturer, why try to "take them to the woodshed?" I will repeat my question: who are you to question someone else's experiences?

So the store gave you a new gun each time, rather than sending it back for repair? Can't say I've ever heard of such a thing. I understand they'll send it back for you but giving you a new gun each time? Hmmm.

See above for my clarification.

 

[COMPNOR]

They're like any other firearm. Some will be good, some will be bad.

A big criteria when selecting a pistol is of course its use. And if defense(and therefore carrying) is a big thing, then maybe a Hi-Point isn't for you. On the other hand, if my budget is $500 I could either buy 1 "better" gun and a little ammo, or a "cheap" gun and lots of ammo. If they both go bang when I pull the trigger, and put holes in paper, why do I necessarily need better??

I don't really think its fair to call them crap as an absolute, since you could probably find someone who has had a bad experience with every gun manufacturer out there.

 

[diyj98]

I agree with the others that said spend a little more money and get something a lot better made. A used Ruger or police trade in S&W might be just the ticket.